Brick mason&#39;s gable clamp



Oct. 15, 1957 A. E. CORDIER 2,809,434

BRICK MASONS CABLE CLAMP Filed Dec. 28, 1954 i INVENTOR. Ar-zhw" E.Cord/er United States Patent 2,809,434 BRICK MASONS GABLE CLAMP ArthurE. Cordier, Finleyville, Pa.

Application December 28, 1954, Serial No. 478,040

3 Claims. (CI. 33-85) This invention relates to masons implements, andmore particularly to an improved guide line holder especially adaptedfor use in aligning bricks laid between the frieze members of the gableof a brick veneer building.

A main object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved lineholding device for use in aligning the courses of bricks laid betweenfrieze elements of a gabled building, the improved holding device beingsimple in construction, being easy to mount on a frieze element, andproviding a dependable means for securing the end of a guide linethereto.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved line holdingclamp for use in laying bricks on gabled buildings, said line holdingelement being inexpensive to manufacture, being durable in construction,and being reversible so that the same line holding device may beemployed on either side of the gable in which the bricks are to be laid.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparentfrom the following description and claims, and from the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Figure l is an elevational view of an improved guide line holderaccording to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a top view of the guide line holder of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a front elevational View of a gable of a building underconstruction showing the manner in which the guide line holders of thepresent invention are employed to support a guide line between thefrieze elements of a gable.

Referring to the drawings, 11 generally designates the gable of abuilding under construction, said gable including the upwardlyconverging frieze boards 12, 12, between which horizontal courses ofbricks 13 are to be laid. In previous methods of laying the bricks, itwas necessary to draw or inscribe horizontal guide lines between thefrieze boards on the inner surface of the wall against which the bricks13 were to be laid for proper spacing. Then a brick lead was built bythe use of a plumb guide line and level, to which the guide line wasattached which involved a laborious and time-consuming procedure.

In accordance with the present invention, a guide line 14 is employed,said guide line being held in horizontal position successively by meansof a pair of clamp devices 15, 15 engaged with the inner marginalportions of the opposite frieze boards 12, 12 in the manner shown inFigure 3, the frieze boards being marked or otherwise suitably inscribedwith the spaced positioning marks 16 which are located respectively atthe levels of the respective horizontal courses of bricks 13.

Each line holder 15 comprises a plate member 17 which is generallyT-shaped and which is formed at its opposite sides with respectiveinclined fingers 18, 18, as by slitting the plate at 19, 19, saidfingers being bent at acute angles to the plane of the plate 17 todefine respective notches 20 adapted to receive and frictionally holdthe end portion of a guide line 14. As will be apparent from ice Figure2, the fingers 18 converge toward the left end of the plate member 17,as viewed in Figures land 2, whereby each notch 20 is ad-apted toreceive and frictionally hold the end portion of a guide line 14extending to the left from the holding clamp member 15, as viewed inFigure l.

The right end portion of the plate member 17 is-formed with a pair ofparallel slits 21, 21, said slits being parallel to and beingsymmetrically spaced on opposite sides of the longitudinal center lineof the plate member, and defining a center tab member 22 which is bentrearwardly away from the plane of the plate member 17, and which isformed with the otfset parallel portion 23 located in a plane parallelto and spaced rearwardly from the plane of the plate member 17.Threadedly engaged through the offset portion 23 is the clamping screw24 which is provided at its inner end with the shoe element 25 and atits outer end with the wing elements 26, 26.

In using the device, the frieze board 12 is engaged between the ofisettab element 23 and the respective fingers 27, 27 defined at the oppositesides of the plate member 17 outwardly adjacent the respective slits 21,21, and the clamping screw 24 is tightened, whereby the frieze board isgripped between the shoe element 25 and the fingers 27, 27. A holder 15is engaged on each frieze board 12, as shown in Figure 3, the holdersbeing located at horizontally aligned markings 16, as illustrated inFigure 3.

The line 14 is then secured on the holders 15, 15 by engaging the endportions of the line through the respective notches 20 defined at thelower portions of the holders 15 by the lower fingers 18, as viewed inFigure 3. The notches 20 at the lower portions of the holders may, asillustrated in Figure 3, be aligned with a first set of markings 16, andthe holder may be suitably dimensioned so that the upper notches 20 willbe in alignment with the next set of guide markings 16, depending on thepitch of the gable, whereby the lower notches may be employed to holdthe cord 14 to provide a guide means for laying a first course of bricks13, and the upper notches may be employed to hold the cord 14 to providea guide means for laying the next successive course of bricks, wherebytwo horizontal courses of bricks may be laid before requiring therepositioning of the cord holding members 15, 15.

Obviously, since the holders 15 are symmetrical around theirlongitudinal center lines, said holders may be employed on either sideof the gable with equal effectiveness, since to transfer a holder fromone side of the gable to the other it is merely necessary to reverse theposition of the holder.

While a specific embodiment of an improved masons guide line holder foruse in aligning brick courses between the frieze boards of a gable hasbeen disclosed in the foregoing description, it will be understood thatvarious modifications within the spirit of the invention may occur tothose skilled in the art. Therefore, it is intended that no limitationsbe placed on the invention except as defined by the scope of theappended claims.

What is claimed is:

l. A masons guide line holder for use in aligning brick courses betweenthe frieze boards of a gable C011 prising a vertical plate member havinghorizontal top and bottom edges and vertical end marginal portions, afinger projecting from one horizontal edge of said plate member adjacentone vertical end marginal portion and defining a notch therewith adaptedto receive and frictionally hold a guide line, a pair of spaced parallelfingers on the other vertical end marginal portion of said plate member,an arm on said other marginal portion located between and being parallelto and laterally ofiset from said fingers, whereby said arm and saidfingers may be ceive and frictionally hold a guide line, a pair ofspaced parallel fingers on the other end of said plate member, an arm onsaid other end located between and being parallel to and laterallyofiset from said fingers, whereby said arm and said fingers may be engaed on opposite sides of a frieze board, and a clamping screw carried bysaid arm and being clampingly engageable with the frieze board.

3. A masons guide line holder for use in aligning brick courses betweenthe frieze boards of a gable comprising a plate member having horizintaltop and bottom.

edges and vertical end marginal portions, respective fingers projectingfrom the opposite horizontal edges of said plate member at one'end ofthe plate member and defining respective notches therewith convergingtoward said one end and being adapted to receive and frictionally hold aguide line, a pair of spaced parallel fingers on the other end of saidplate member, an arm on said other end located between and being in aplane parallel to and spaced from the plane of said fingers, wherebysaid arm and said fingers may be engaged on opposite sides of a friezeboard, and a clamping screw carried by said arm and being clampinglyengageable with the frieze board.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTSCornuelle Sept. 20, 1932

